Verify a domain with third-party services

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Third-party services like Pinterest and Google Webmaster require you to verify your domain. This makes sure that you are the correct owner of your Shopify store before they provide their services to you.

To verify your domain, you need to disable password protection for your online store. If you aren't ready to launch your store, you can disable password protection and then enable it again after verifying your domain.

Note

This solution works only if you are using a custom domain with your store. You must also set your root domain as your primary domain in your Shopify admin.

Any stores that use the .myshopify.com URL as their only domain can't verify their domain with a third party.

To verify your domain:

On the third-party site, choose to verify your site using a meta tag verification method. For example, for Google Webmasters, you'd click the HTML tag option button on the Alternate methods tab.

Highlight the full meta tag on the third-party site and copy it to your clipboard with cmd + c on a Mac or ctrl + c on a PC. Make sure you select everything, including the < and >. For example: